SourceDNA YC Application

Summer 2015Acquired

SourceDNA went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2015 batch as a B2B company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Summer 2015
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 6
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2015

Founders

Kate LawsonFounder

What SourceDNA does

Track code in iOS and Android apps with our software similarity web service. Discover code quality, origin, and intent with our in-depth scan. Our patent-pending analysis engine can match up code and find variants, cross-platform. See our public report on SDK marketshare at

SourceDNA's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

SourceDNA, Summer 2015 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

SourceDNA

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Track code in mobile apps for transparency

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We built a software similarity web service that scans iOS and Android apps to detect code origin, quality, and intent. Our patent-pending engine can find code variants across platforms and provide deep analysis for developers and companies to understand what's inside apps they rely on or compete with.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in Oakland, CA and plan to base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

Oakland is where the team is based. Staying local keeps us close to our network and supports our lean, focused development phase.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real SourceDNA YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from SourceDNA's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like SourceDNA would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.